[downhillzeypher]

So like, I'm doing up my tacoma (03) and I'm doing a black/red theme.

I've searched around and I can't find any billet grills for my tacoma that are black so is there any way I should paint a chrome/polished grill? (prep, kind of paint, clearcoat?)

Thanks~
Dave

 

[SkaredShtles]

Dude. You have a "theme" for your *truck*

Is this some sort of metrosexual thing?

-S.S.-

 

[stosh]

This probably wasn't a great place to ask that question... but thats just my $.02

 

[downhillzeypher]

Dude. You have a "theme" for your *truck*

Is this some sort of metrosexual thing?

-S.S.-

Okay, fine.

They're uhmm my... gang colors.

 

[BurlyShirley]

 

[SkaredShtles]

Okay, fine.

They're uhmm my... gang colors.

Nice save!

-S.S.-

 

[JRB]

Dude. You have a "theme" for your *truck*

Is this some sort of metrosexual thing?

-S.S.-

This should be preserved for our grandkids to read.

 

[NastySid]

If you have one of those billet mirror polished thingies you can have it anodized..

Or get a stock grille and paint that.
Or build your own grille
Or get some mesh in the right color..

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
Or get some mesh in the right color..

Mesh.......

Do you mean something like chicken wire? I think that might look retarded.

-S.S.-

 

[MikeD]

Will you wear your black sleeveless Fox jersey while driving it?

MD

 

[downhillzeypher]

I'll have to wear an arm warmer on my right arm (can you believe how fricking cold it its?!) so I can still hang my arm out the window, but yes.

 

[Wingnut]

Not mesh. Use expanded steel, and if used right can look good. Use it wrong and all hell breaks loose.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Yeah, go with Chrome :

 

[NastySid]

Nah sorta like this Golf has in the lower part of the bumper..

 

[downhillzeypher]

That's the kind I want.

I can't do chrome because those are not my gang colors. duh.

 

[Fathead]

Nah sorta like this Golf has in the lower part of the bumper..

That and similar things have been done w/heavy screen material, punched sheetmetal, machine-cut sheetmetal, etc. Go stroll around a home improvement store. Look at the stuff they sell to cover roof gutters. Look at the material you can use to protect screens from pet paws/claws. There are some designs that would look decent if cut-to-fit and properly installed.

If you insist on an aftermarket billet grille, I think you're gonna be payin' double: 1x for the piece and 1x to get it ano'd.

I once painted a stock plastic truck grille gloss black and it was a drastic improvement.

 

[Wingnut]

This is the T-rex available through Stillen. Both pieces would run you over 300 bones, seems like a lot of cash just to have the chrome painted over. Personally, I think the expanded steel(similar to the Golf pic above), painted how you like(black I'm guessing) would look better. Some nice welding shops might even donate the steel, like the one I visited in the past. $0.00 for a 2' x 4' sheet.

 

[kissthepink]

ummm... That Makes it look like a Chrysler. Not Good.

 

[downhillzeypher]

Quick question... do you think my parents would notive the height difference?

 

[stinky|Dan]

It depends if your parents are blind or not.

 

[chicodude]

Quick question... do you think my parents would notive the height difference?

Meh....probably not......there's not much off a difference anyway